Hands-On Math Projects with Real-Life Applications:  For all teachers, grades 6-12, here is an exciting collection of 60 hands-on investigations to help students apply math concepts and skills to everyday problems found across the curriculum, in sports, and in daily life!  These tested projects stress cooperative learning, group sharing, and writing, and build skills in problem solving, critical thinking, decision-making, and computation.  365 pp, Grades 6-12.  

#PH3849                 $28.99

Creating NIM Games:  Students are immersed in the challenge of an ancient mathematical game; first by learning several of its forms, then by designing their own NIM!  This game for two players requires the winner to add or take away numbers, markers, or shapes until their opponent is forced to make the last move.  By working backwards, thinking about odd and even numbers, and looking for patterns, students develop winning math strategies.  Nine NIM games, strategy sheets, and project sheets included.  Teacher support materials provide teaching strategies and student assessment suggestions as well as five examples of completed student projects.  Your students’ problem solving skills and imagination will grow with the NIM challenge!  64 pp, Grades 5-8.  

  #DS2721               $13.99

Building Toothpick Bridges:  A company (4-5 students) must build a bridge that beats the budget & bares a required load.  The architect and manager order materials from the warehouse (the teacher), while the accountant writes checks and keeps the books.  32 pp, Grades 5-8

#DS2667                 $12.99

Building Kites:  Flying High With Math.  Students use mathematical applications to build, fly, and estimate the altitudes of four different polyhedral kites.  Skills used include scaling, tangent function & estimation.  Clearly written, illustrated instructions explore options and parameters for each project.  64 pp, Grades 5-8.

#DS9181                 $14.99

Designing Playgrounds:  Students gather data on how children play, study professionally designed playground, and learn to accommodate client needs,.  They then draw plans to scale, build a three-dimensional model, and present their final plan and model.   64 pp, Grades 5-8.

#DS2756                 $16.99